Fleetwood Town 2-1 Walsall: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016

Result

Fleetwood Town 2-1 Walsall

League One · Saturday 10 December 2016, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Fleetwood Town 2-1 Walsall: match report

Fleetwood Town defeated Walsall 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 10 December 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Ashley Hunter opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Fleetwood Town's goals came from Ashley Hunter (42') and R. Grant (67'). Walsall scored through George Dobson (76').

Discipline: Fleetwood Town received 1 yellow card; Walsall received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fleetwood Town were 7th on 29 points from 20 and Walsall 16th on 26 points from 20. Fleetwood Town went on to finish that season 4th with 83 points, and Walsall 14th with 58.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fleetwood Town wins, 1 draw and 3 for Walsall.

Going into the match Fleetwood Town's last five read D-W-W-L-L and Walsall's W-D-L-L-D.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Yellow card · Adam ChambersWalsall
  • 13'Yellow card · Connor McLaughlinFleetwood Town
  • 42'Goal · Ashley HunterFleetwood Town · 1-0
  • 67'Goal · R. GrantFleetwood Town · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · George DobsonWalsall · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Matt PrestonWalsall

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Fleetwood Town 0, draws 1, Walsall 3.

Team news

Unavailable

  • Rico HenryWalsall · injury (Shoulder Injury)
  • Ricardo KipFleetwood Town · injury (Fibula Shaft Fractures)

Fleetwood Town line-up

Alex Cairns, Connor McLaughlin, Nathan Pond, Cian Bolger, Joe Davis, Amari'i Bell, George Glendon, Kyle Dempsey, David Ball, Bobby Grant, Ashley Hunter

Walsall line-up

Neil Etheridge, Scott Laird, James O'Connor, Jason McCarthy, Matt Preston, Kevin Toner, Joe Edwards, George Dobson, Adam Chambers, Erhun Oztumer, Amadou Bakayoko